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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:32:45 +0200
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
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Subject: Re: menuconfig displays dependencies [Was: select FW_LOADER -> depends HOTPLUG]
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On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 10:21:11PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > CONFIG_FOO
> > 
> > Depends on:
> > CONFIG_BAR: [ ] "Prompt for BAR"
> 
> 
> Assuming I'm configuring a kernel for i386, what should I see when 
> pressing 'd' on the following driver?
> 
> 
> config OAKNET
>         tristate "National DP83902AV (Oak ethernet) support"
>         depends on NET_ETHERNET && PPC && BROKEN
>         select CRC32
> 
What about:
Depends on:
  [ ] "Prompt for NET_ETHERNET"	(CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET)
  --- "Promt ..." (CONFIG_PPC)
  --- " Prompt ... " (CONFIG_BROKEN)

Selects
  "Prompt for CRC32)" (CONFIG_CRC32)

That would make sense to me at least.
If I ever look into it I will touch upon the corner cases for sure.

	Sam